India is calling for a United Nations-run body to take over the responsibilities of ICANN, with discussions likely to take place in Geneva later this week, according to a report in The Hindu. The Geneva meeting is to be led by the Commission on Science and Technology for Development and is a multi-stakeholder discussion platform [...] Continue reading →

The ICANN Board has ratified the Global Policy Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA as sent by the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Council to the ICANN Board on 13 March 2012. The proposal was posted for public comment from 14 March 2012 through 4 April 2012, during which time no [...] Continue reading →

As part of ICANN‘s review of its conflicts of interest and ethics practices, on 6 May 2012 the ICANN Board approved revisions to the Board Conflicts of Interest Policy, the Code of Conduct and Expected Standards of Behavior. The Board also approved new Corporate Governance Guidelines, a flexible framework document that collects the sources of [...] Continue reading →

[news release] SIDN, the company behind .NL, has today implemented DNSSEC in its domain name registration system (DRS). DNSSEC (“Domain Name System Security Extensions”) adds an additional layer of security to the existing DNS, which has vulnerabilities that can be exploited by criminals. Implementation of the new protocol means that .NL registrants can now have [...] Continue reading →

[news release] On May 14, 2012, Canada’s .CA turns 25 years old. It was on this day in 1987 that the .CA top-level domain was officially delegated by Jon Postel, operator of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), to John Demco at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Demco and a group of volunteers ran the [...] Continue reading →

At least three and up to six companies have submitted bids to operate the .FR (France) ccTLD and the ten French territory ccTLDs currently managed by AFNIC. Bids were required to be submitted to the French Ministry of Industry by Friday for the 11 ccTLDs, and so far the current ccTLD manager AFNIC, along with [...] Continue reading →

ICANN has appointed Professor Alain Pellet as the Independent Objector for the New Generic Top-Level Domain programme. The Independent Objector’s role is to act solely in the interests of the public who use the internet. IcANN note that Professor Pellet’s credentials and experience are an ideal fit for this key role. He is a highly [...] Continue reading →